The Sun. — London, England, 1810-03-27 00:00:00

II SI ~tifP.ti 3 • ( otl t Inc 0. ; j M i;ir 'DOW 3 5 ' j L 5,1311 g ; • Ol t ' it eir laf • • - • - ' • , - .. _ .. . . , „ .... . , . . . . . '-, :i.. • . - - , - , sl ,!.:_;; Lord eivr tnaEAGn 'than "role,' He %7 . as sure tingencies, and atated os strialy as a letsalcaae-ni - hUld it no`to: •• isle (4 suppose (hilt :Lord chathalP h • aid -re- •hurnilitya that, they would declare • not onl y th a s . .. • •. . ~. . ~ . tb:l t the. HOtige. WOOl,l 0 ink ' it l e ,' !nee al be to a lawyea s . And whot was.a ; waitten tialoa',O ,cnived lite fullest ilSfotMatiOn on tneoubject—that rte . Government aad been justifible: t o the st ep whieh that he ahouhl be anxietls to aSail hinisellot "It' opinion in ansiver to welt . a . ca se dr ib w,; we e e it eo.i e; . svotild lost tlthes the .trodps . to embark Withoot o Ma- _they..had taken, but that teey weie bound beea pas -earliest epp„ rt e n i ty to s „b r an t m , h e m e t he groends obtained i Little ;yr. - te'hfhng.. Fither the oases- it he enaticalotemonstratien of successa-that he ' - tljd not , remount, derynot to.iet slip an opportunity which egn 'which he - hatacenceived that the measure under ; . moat : be , stated only o p e n :t e e o eist e i di., :pe eme , ,, • .t i i„k t h e iotaestati on of the enemy Was the pi ieciple .apeeeredOtoeatford an excelleet muck of ..annoying ~ discussion was justifiable and polirrr. .. , ,He felt e howe' ever, groliais, the answer to whicii•witeld'of cote se ex- ot't whieh he was boued. unwettriedly to soOt ?, The alie,e tte a re . i He would not argue the que stio n ors that he roolal acao , nPlish this eglie l lQa•les' V ' etude hroPabiliiics and contiogeneies ; or pit:l) . 4ln s . ittatrectiona to which lie alluded Were wider the Sign }the narrow-grounds upon which it bad been argued by the :cipposite side. of the House,. It had been experiencing theft extramilinary indttleatMai t t He lilies and contingencies rntist be stated as certaintiea Manuol. - letter some lines th ey .proceeded thus :-.-. • : was persu a d e d , i n d ee d,. t hat the House wool(' be theamswer to witich would probably be falsi fi ed ..by ' "sliot- sailerOas noillhog cao so siseedilyOnd effectu- . assented by them, that - the destructi ou of t h e s hip s aware,-fr oth t h e coosse pursued. by the•Noble•Lord , the practical reault. ;Its would now explain how - a ll y annoy the•eneiny Irian entehprio.e„against Roche-, •at Antwerp was the sole,obj e 6t o f th e Exp e di t i on . that with ev er y. e no rt on his part to avoid dilation, 1 these militery epinititta eame to be coiled for at - all: • forte onew in and :pleasure is, that yseu attack,. as . far 1 1 Th4t was ; pot ; a t e esas s e It w as eertei t il y a prin c i pa l it would b e imp o s s ibl e t o - / so/up r is e what he had . For. 'noised, he' shTstild h tv - e loeen well ConTem to as ig ohoatoable.'' for on the , phsetioithility it appeared. 1 feature of the .k.N.peditio n h u t • it wa s c ein e e te d w i t h to 's ay in ts , - Th e sebies e t . -take the. benefit .of the advice .of - th e Officers U.y the e pthect wis . leß to'd.-eide, " the enemy, by nie - k- ' other objeds. • -In proceeding, he would obserVe s a very narrow compats. --the subjeft had been disengaged of seeeral was ineurnbered with many ditlicoltiess A great : whom those opie'ions - wets, . -a:tot:need, -old - unite iss Si dcsOeht . ol . .l ; the Fteneh chase, mew Rochefort, t h qt , part of a was of a prolessionel nature, in the dis- throwing hpoo the!ii any respotisieletee Thecae:sea.- leer-der, it prectic.l . l):e,to'atteck the toree thereeand topics which had been 'urged in accusation of his Government: on :former •occasione. The :: • coision of whieh.hemust: enter with doubt and heSia .' howeves in the 'pre s ent inetanC. , .l‘ WiPi ctrl; ;• le had, to bur:rand de's - troy:lN:docks, arsenal, arid shiliping e • :maj est y, HOuse hadolot been teld 'by the Noble Lord that .• : radon. Solici t ou s however, :to saveehe time of the •' for many weeks 'before • the Oetertiftnatioil ofelthe: After' the. •attii - ck et . •Itichefert e shone' circutu o . the operationaoconld 'lltiVe• beer, •etimmenced st r ap House as Mo t ih as polsible, be should discharge the Ea eednien, 'ofstintled a vareety of naval and unlit say semees admit of : terther operatsoetO.you, must Coe • COciltlitlliiC,itionsioe!uci:date the.great dbjeetswhieli atilat , L' . Orient and Boerdeziux aa'a•our next: objects;.' , earliet period. -T heeeidenceeheentrovettibly proved -'..' h i: lot:a impesed open him as•briefly as -.circumstances would p erm i t, an d to o -, th a t, puirpose would- trust Gove , einem - had in seeees On , thiS potty several of • antl;ottiosill and tileasUre is, that yoo related to One' that the utmost diligen ce add expediti on -had bee n used. He' • epprehended also tliat it had heen . dis 7 :chiefly to the recolleEtion of theeHouse-witharespect • tale Choi - denten wlso liadbeee exontine.t as .witnesses -or both of those places isainay appear advisebleO.' . titaaly 'Alet - tented lay the evidence,. di-it. was so the evid ence that had' heeneheard at their Bar, _had :fallen into ato shade. 'lles , bad - declared; that , Thits -it seemed that this•ollier went without.a . dia. 'they had given their opinion, tis Upon a Nut-jet-1 dOe ;noel knowledge . of the,precise a object entrusted .to . tati VI her S'acia ice which' could be put int aconeietil ion a. and quote those passoges, only which it- c{ r 1 ; • : S din gall necessity to tee - older - with mineteusda , H o , cid o d •on by his Majesty'', Government. CertailAy - ' hint . , brit With . a discFetion whit:lel - le was to. eiorciess s oeith th e • . aieae... , .ceutitlertaken. Thi s Wil'S ilillloSt kn.- .' felt :that he • should be: ("alit's' o f itsgrateeedlio o the-el„ hent,4as•tlie -minds of his•Mejaasty's.Goistsefithent. •as eirontostane t o uttered. After Sir * Jelin ,had gene esirtaiiheonsideratiOn. .He put it to indit iduela who Noble L, id, it he :did no b t . e'epreaasehis tickled:it:lefts e s had tbalottitakinite been, ..on.the great oojeet - which . t o the foie ee Wiglit, he wrtate. the it:thee-jug:Ls ter., ,:bad elestished dotihts With'reasee ato the L( ef 1 L . IllentS•for the•opeorturtity whicit , had bleu' olfeedtitl':. 1 lity .hod in vie - sae their eeanesinesa might hav e ai- : to . Mr. Pitt s-- - ~... . . • . • ,:- the meaSor ' whether those doubts did net proceed o• - olx el dis I • '' • • - I , , b submitting e.Sumed theeeemblanceof - decieion- hut as' Certainly '` Having since my arrival: lieres. cnOversed • With . catargina:a great- puede: as), y .: • , . from bOe of t A , O . CatISCS •• eitner the op ini on that we . , . s. • i. .• `" tile 1 - Tiase of 'Como - ions his view , of the i importan: 'tlo•y had never arrived to ti• fi nal-decisitio:unfiCtite . • :`,` ;ins flew 3• and Vice-Ad:total .fonowles, _ _ w en s lrned - our . backs en the Pet iiisclj winch .we s lbjectsin. cpseat t , n. • liOweverthe peofessional parts 'mouth uf June. The' . - No ate Lord 'oast staved that .',' . who botir•st:ein in be in- opinivii, ilfzitit ii . possi.,-., bound to defend"with air uticlivi'ded force, or .. of the subject migh t se e e Lett er considered.: io :ma •he (laerd . CO had oOdersel-the'aroiy to• - neepai e ter .*:.` Vie) dretn the nature ofs the Davits - Tipp to It ell the'opiniOn,ati:ft, biii s 4ed , Eiys . elf -- ..hi .te i s r, w e turned oth eietribisnal there VMS tics . flam but (teat House'. 24.,tkatioo on • the- ..i•grl) •of .slune, . but . bad ties - ''' timi • e mlh-; d e er - th.ar 15 '.' d ctain"ds eV 'n in . sikilt -df osir backs ,on the - North of Getni tOye where . oTo in . le Inch 'heeive'" , ld have beet} :enabled eao hilly -.. , k .his ;" ti1....C1a .:-LijeAy's olmistire on toe suinact, uetil 's :Its , coast of Fratice ) - tor lt :wee or ten- days, welts erniv -.Would heaa ba;ens ahled in it • etilit;ae 'by th e to sett, the - natuie and . - the- objects of. the Expe-' the 21st : of that- nioLia... 'The fat •wass thin he'had, .s.'' - iseteseiag able:to g,-.1 illtatii•• :o-id, or . tiff't.i . l e iSiSt , ' d it ty , of a brave,populatiste i- He s eatt Jett it his 'litter. ned e r dia c u s sio ne , .to se: erate ; those-obje,ott - -laheit: tuts ' i‘laiesty . ' pleasure on the bci hi t,tct on the . e"' te; :Aix, during which Sims au alarm wilt iTereesa . ditty, du the . progress of the Chaamitter. to brim g - I , l° `" the Masa'ef eithontay - attache:l to therre.and to 14th " - tit St e..w i -. res'eivites -Oda/ that point which 're- - ": litity . beeiVe In t Ole Rios ; titis ceOje • oe decl . these two ; poiets tooter .censideratiea, and to sheer ur i l* - .1 ' b ' ' ' na i tem to i tat teirmg upon o ..e...1 - ~ to:ion a l ascii . lated {Shute. landing at Stni vliets, which was left to .- .4 sita.ition•tr• it aTieTed tiappen, *.,, :. ,yme 9 '',hatat t e d; slat Austria were Prinit ,, alydireeed . , . . r . , , • ll ight lust)), differ. Th e re was anot h,a e s i poot a ist e 'the consieeration of the Admiralty-. , The telestion a " - very clelicate s etet enuaoy 1.., to.. .•):-.-:r tifili . cers :in ...'..oanOt he' t: Objeti, althongn hi sloing so lie incurred tadvatitae .ittendants open thel.araity in ihatOisl, Ilse. 'had neierlieeh des hied Upen . by`o6verninemituntil ,. ."' the expedient - , Seeo' isee., os eta:tads - it, b e ale time respensibiiity. of deityleg „his wiaLes He lied ts4f -he h ,- ;1 - tject had been - brought before ant:oiler tti- .1 toe whole was before them. on the 2i st Of Jot;es,.•at;' 'if first 111 . , .•unlin.to,J, co,ll . te to b..: tiLi&i the :same satisnetl the Cumtnitteealso wih respect to the hi . , i lnal, the - country 'would nes have gi, en er , oii ;t o ' eashieto.periodebeAdmiralty had corm:. to . :I deCisioti , " ditlit4o:y ► (; lie s`-ii;::, ss '4 i.eir 'ondestaking A:spend= anegeocy of the pecuniary means 1 is tr.. the,Lol.llltly In le exettionaof a -. Jildg-- Advocate; directed as '. it ~' oil the exped:oricy of the landteg at Sauteliet. The .' .S'itire, as i •apprz•lienu . . oil the sOddelinessot les eX- . t , tear aesp ct ;. and % however. he - ought be actfused of _ . ekertioas must have b•-an against his Meieity's co- -ground on • which 'he had •L. (') solienptis to obi if: " . eclat t:ar) th at I photriti - b; ,gIV, if it is thOu'ght ':c.ccasion;it e ; disclosures prejudiehO .to: th e •netionitl ‘ r ernine n t. I t w a s only to that priliiics. hostility e toe 0 1 412 riii of the CointneeTier in Chief wag, that . " propeSe . to' haee ' , a dire,'heol . , le.eas lam to . aet in credit aed piospenty, he trusted that 110. St,eb evil . .. W illett as w ihterVVOvelf 'it our Constitution that th e there ' were two lilies of operation . betaVeen Ni , itiCh it ' " !hat czi;e." -t • ' ••• . ..= '. „ . . '. • would r,c;, te, s ince - to e incunvenienc e witico had Publi c - ' - like ti ' ' . l. el would trust on. occasions; te rest... . wes neceasary to determine. The one wa's the vete- . Mr. iht I, •in• answor .. - to thia . ce - ie, Th Stzlt.' ,'; * l. . aieted,liad lacti telt n former occasiens. He ac i ' .' Without imputi ng fo the Noble Lord • oppohte any ration - by toe Sehddt ; the othee• by cueseig tite jOilli, • tio'i 1/6 lllOli, btll frost, " . aln e,. 1-;.-..T._:..1 ••Viett,,•trti teat he was •excesaively anxious to se , is , - Virit of which he (LOodo' Was disposedab coal a • Cotatinetit to AntWerp. 'He was le.vate . that Ail,: " tirertupon, by tee hatig a to signify to eeis ea..; ih,..- , tiety:,the House, and Eureee thzt his Majesty's Ge . lt ain, he had 'aright to aSstitne :Mat the slob of ttiettlties of • the knitter Were deemed very' serious , jsty's•pleeshre, 'e.g . yoo Or sueti either etficers Oil . 1 : verntnent had erticeaded on.ko nrrow view of -the • .. - accuser WA not So immerged in the charader 'of by the Adinitalty, bin be was also 'avyore 'that, the . ~, r .•-whok i i the co:mitand may deVolves .dsee le chaa 1 subject ; but teat they,had gone to the. Beheld on Judge in t h at N o bl e L or d, as t o lead ' the, country difficulties 'of the lattetplan were deemed still more"; " fortuity to t)te I.:t onilLl kiien . by hi s Atjesish In -. ! 'the principles.in, which the. Continent were . just as t° dishellege that. - every - dispbsition eistet fasten , serius . bY the army alai the et mmtleder Iti Chief...— . sc - S:siiettoiisojedge ot tee paadicability , of the service , e lect' interested as Great Britain. With respect to . 11 Pon • his Majestyo Government the - otrerices of He ti. dad written therefore his letter t o the; Cenethan- • e. on .1:c sp,,r, accord,•.g as cootingent . eventS, and ties eessibility of sending so large a force te'one 'Avilich they "were eccused. It Zit also be, eatis- der ita ChOit, dated the aoili J este, 'to .- bring' the. '. ‘ a. particelareireuitianc e s, may.; cosine ;, the Iting i)eeit, snd as large a one to the Peninsuia, it e - laeory .to the public to -- It' 'Ow, that although some 'question teal) issue. 'ln his own - mind he Was eon- -as pidgCtle it hignly prejtattictal to tile good of his iSted ()lily ' iti The: imagination of 'those who enter individeals had hitherto thought th at .he Inquiry . vincadahat Vie ditficulties'in the one -c sse cook! 'be l " service to give ,articular orders, and directions With into thesenhicent discusaions in complete . t 6 noratwe be be, betteie cosarteeted e ie the ebEeoce - Of • surmounted, - anti tnat in the collar Cloy tech's. in ‘: sosregerd to 'possible - 'Cuilitiltlel l C a te s '- that nueiv• .-A- ----/ of the iii , ‘li7ii ol.: the country. • There %sae another erect that saareefy a e'entence had been re- suoeratee's but he wished for 'the opinion- of the .' ..'• atis ! !." . ; • charge tigaii,s ,- . f...ii nhije,tys Gies:et:ellen', et wile. h lured inebee t ie r e, of the leefhirys of which tire puha , Cotinnktidersiii Chief 16" put that mato: ati reat;Lsa i ~ istaeli evhs'eae opinichn Of that sereat Minister upon nothin. loid beet! . ateit night - eeard e naely, ti:e ' l ie Were n ot i n pos•sessien., Ftoin the commence- atilt :tildes- his Majeety's' Goveromeet 'Well ltirer .; Of l e • se senjecta. .It appeared therefore that the Gas inadequacy of tlie eyeee eaot out s Whatever ittignt Gent of ' t he investig a ti on; n e t a sinale queatiorehad Must. cXISt WhiClie'Ver night"he the eourse out rued. '.%.c. 1 -littli-ii to which lie(Lerd - C::stlereagh). had had be the 'ctitfereuce o;' ( , ::::01--, on the policy of tile be • • ' , ~ . - • • e 'en stopped; and en -eery few questions-had-tny TheY ihad no Wild expeetatiens et certa i n seccess.-- - tfa e hoecear to belong; wits not the fi rst teoverneletit Expeditin, o on the eecearistenees rateedent on tnaciassion token places He felt ennfident'therenpon' ; 'They balanced the d , flicult its, aod wit heat being -• th it had sent Dire an expedition without ascettaining its tenures die competence et The ii - t. ny to ..'.:Morn a confide t seo which he trusted world not ' be -arils. blindly saoguirre as to ' th e re'selt were desirous of • its obit..cit with 'matlierilatiCA prectsiOn:• The- only -great and impettatit aervices . 0.•• IF kpileY',:ity admitted. .. Plittd to any unbecotaingassomPlion, or waut of de- adopting- thiat plan eelech p•esente‘t. tloa !Oast ridteelo., talkie:A ctilcuon t on teat cesed be made by staiestnen '-'l'he'Noble Lord dwelt at some ;eogth on (lie trei ference to the Huse, that the •que . i.vion was•brouglit AoailAt the sueposed °Wee:twit teat Govern 4... tat • 'a s h e 't, by b:ilabciog :the chalices ot out cess with ' the tote of the diversion • which -the EX - el-elitism etfordetl . i , 6 , every piiitlt of it tO a fair isitle. Having 'stated . Were tinder hat Cell • fur Watery opinions iii • writig ': (lar; , 4 * ,- , rs of tai!ure, a e.)lettlatian whieti Mem be: made .• to Austria, and , had contended • that i: cokii'd,not, and , taus mileh, he would'say that he thought it rath er •he entered his caveat. e•lleeappealed - 'to au 1•1 - •-• 'by't`i)e male:small . , aid not bs militety intl.n 'alone. 'did not, ciette any such dive rsion. . tine teesi lei :Ably Ito eitteaordindry practical isstie an which the:House nourabte Gentleman op posite, .3.viiether sueii had - He ethic 116 , 4, to explain , why 'he 1.1,51 - nee ekactly ' the hued -of cr:atiqg a diversion had enTeeee %eta( wore t o argue and - decide. Hu assured° the . be- - ft the plaaice of Giaterilitienr? lihd it been the ''Oeiteaoled in the 01)1016:1S cf thoiebigh military, evia s largely jetty the VieWi.of "his Majesty's Go vele:went ltioble Lord, - that whatever4taio of arOninent had eiree.tio s diar ie g th e 'tim e that that Honottrable Gen , , thotitiOs whose opinions were on the. tehi6. ~ /and , - . whets - cotiaulting . the Expeditien. So much were 'b een adepied by the opponents of - his Ma jesty'i . pre- aietiran held ar t Military Adrinniatration Of • die • fisors• 'Wit.h . .reipect to•the Comm - andel' in Ctiief .in atheyhimpreesedith the nece ;shy of distracting the s ent Gover:iinnt-, - he should have be ea prepared to cOuntry ? • Whate:ver • iniolit have been the. nieriti I! 'iiie- Expedition,' he :I..itnitted the Ins opinion was attention of. the enemy, that had the attack on Ant- In • eet them.• bet he did .think it. •A singular course, or demerits of that Honourable Gerelernan's..ahoh -'as •16 seed ' upon 'Oehertiment to pause a'ad werp been censidered impracticable, they should have Ih , - , . ,r_latehe House shonld be 'required to decide upon t it military tneSsnres,. he (Lord C.) •ktiew very. well, 'deliberate . upon it; but. he could rot edatit ..(and ohought it their duty to make a descent upon some _attWhich . rrad not been carried into - operation ! -- that to attack them would not be tojustity his own. son all' the conversations' with the Commander in.. Other part of the coast, even had euCh . a descent u * Coilaier speculatively what might have been the He istotild not even ellude'to them invidiously, fOr •Cluet which he had held, dive,ted et ail respotist- --• been wholly unconnected wi th any _British object . even , if that: etah had been Carried into exaution ;to that would ' be a bad return to the Hon. Geotletnan, ' bility), he had 'never understood i hat tie hal dis- wha:ever.....Let.theaituation of the Comintant, When oman:ice sentene. notOrean eXpedition which had who, whatever difference di - opinion might exist bee finally protested - against the p, opo„ed . operations tire Expedition was only in contempiation, and when bee ' . . . - ' 4 ., a 'ln d, anal whieh had failed, bat on an expe d i- iWeen them was h generous opposer..e , -Look to the as impracticable ; and consequetely impolitic, hie, it sseted, s he compared ; the oppos' side. of the "art ‘vhich had nett urea tried. ' The . I n ter- df National Glory amidst political. contest', and be did Would read a 'single . sentence of tee .short, l reticle : 1 - Ipose,took e - very.unfair view :of !b ite epowr of this the expeclitiott had . neveh been brought to a prac-. justice to the principies..ot his 'osantry, although the of : his ;Lordship, on the subject, •o - •:The : advaote hoottary, When they asserted:that a British army of lira} last. If was a - spoculative question, whether gQ'ernment of his -country was - no longer •in his . through - tatiders would be attended with' great peat tht - teethuusand men were not likely, in the 2 1 AO .•Ll have tailed or lien. He said, in the in- hands. Without therefore meaning any attack on that • ditiicutry, 'and at • any .: nee • the ' attack by , he then aytte, of , the : Continent, -to create a favourale "stlatio.of this qiiestioh he , i sated that credit Hob.. Gent. he would ask him; if he were 'called on •Scheidt wheld be pretereble.'' The:Co/Owe:Merin. divetsion. ,•, What was the state et the great contest e l.t he giiren to him tor iris , ve - te 'fi - otti the very .. to justify - the expedition to the Dardatied 5, whether . totief would not have aesisted Government by point . - ee .i tie :Danube ? --About teur days before he bad v.. " nenceinent neter sou e htto aili.le it: He .had. . lie could produce a %se itten military authority to that itig out the best means's)! att a i n i ng the objectead •taken his, Majesty's pleasure on the -subjet, infer ett visit ,itato time Intio ty: With a iterate - and purpose. Could he produce the writieu authont . , of fie considered the object to be wholly unattatnable. •• • matien e arrived .of the, beetle ot . Aspens.. What e. !' reu s aii conviction that ,the merits of the Expedia . tee Conunander in Chief that a navel 'equipment .He proceeded; " lii whoever way Antwerp is to, .Wea the force of thehooteediti on ?.- Titet of ` '" Std on a roek which - could not tie shaken.— ssethodt any army' was the hest calculated to sectire 'be approached or Liken; -the . service will be one of Austria, by tier official :report that .eley which 11, loe he stated the eiouirda oit Nc'hil:ll the qUeetion . the object in view Could he produse military OJ-- ~.g reat risk, as the,eoemywill s o on be enabled toes,. premised so. much for Europe, wasls,ooo 'torn.-- ht - "I then on ally taken up . and acted upon by his ; Inuits with 'respect to the Expedhiutta to SOW h Ame- .. 'seinble tr• - :11 eyery part of the Netherlands:, , and ..I.'he Austriansestimated the Freud.). at 100,000, AI ' . lesty's Government, he wished tO, discuss the , riea ?. These were lai , ,:-. military;qorestiOns. He had- . .'C•veti !tree Fratice." l'hia st , tement w:ts merely . an . - . What ntitnber did the Prertelt lose in the battle ? tent whether, ttie nollialy spi ed which had never heard that-the• rime - G-1410min had oittaiiii•d •eX ~ 41irtatiou et . the eircurnsia:tces which itialctd the 'Little short of 50,000 men. At such a moutent, b °. - ' - .„ee n , ;,..„ ... e , ~. . e iven t e • uovernment, and' wine!) WOre on the :the previons sanhtheii 0! tiny oi B il tilitti:ll7 11111tii:ily cointilitider ill 'Chief to -believe that. the erne:l;6,3e could we have - such a Mean and contenaptibl e f e d.. !able of the House, ou e lit to heve p-ssessecl such itd them. NusuCh &elements wese in . theOfficeeVer was attehdeci . with considerable risk.. Whether the ' ing towards oetsalvesets to tell iltit-ria that 40,000 4 ,, tl ,'ltniity as to induce his Maje Sty Government to i which he- had..hasi the h honout to . piesSise, and he: _ peril existed • 'or lint, belonged to another.p.irt Of British troopswere of so little. aorth that we would ' fl .ainiOn - the object - which they had in View. These believed that no suet) doeumste existeo. : It Was ' the . inginnenth - The, Corninnickr .in Chief never keep them at hame, and leave her to decide the Bpi, ion,, .consisfed of five military oPitions from the not the system. on which the Government had : hi- proem:sited an opinion against - the operatioo Tex.: con e singla ? Freneeh had draitted the Low orse'Guards, and one naval:opinion, :when his ; therto been conducted, and therefore he ought not eel).* ' contingeot on the aitiount of torce with. 'Countries- eefere the tatt l e of Aspern.. On the l'vin se lltirry•nt s with resd to those opinions had' been to be overwhelmed and borne down lycause . he - had - vOliell 'theSeeemy might be . pre:tared ,to reilit• . 2 - .1 of June,- a French . order was issued, th a t re cl'lired in t o e Corn;:titio he had certainly declieed, : not adopted it. At the Saine time, lie Certainly With reSpect to . the ()pianos. ef. Colonel Gor- m ite - trotins at Antwerp should ,r •a .to ih o g them,- not from any iodispositioh on hieort enteritined great deferefice tot the MilitarY: . ambits' , dOtt, he trusted, that in cent upon it, • - he Danube. - After a pause in, the tate or- F I -n i :o e a iriY 10 me e t, the queslion, but becluse he COnSider- r:tiel, the declarations of ' which were on; the tables ; - sliould not he considered as:depreciating the judg- ,of Mx - weeks or twa, months' (a -pause, ,dure• a . " those se aiments not as matters of evidence, but of the House, and whert in • his Majesty's Govern- ' Men( of 'that' Officer,. for Wl3Olll 'he . entertainelet whiCh the opposite side •of the House . woze s d . fatherr d olin ed on general reasoning; and here he meat he -,should have conceived hitnaelf guilty of ' a high respect. But when [lord Gordon stata I haee Wished his - Majesty's Government to remain )v oUldcandi ilycoutess that had it not bsen far a par- a great derelidion of duty, had he not allowed hiaids 'ed hi his . opinion the exreme Liiard and tisk - timid and inadive) the battle of Waaram was Vein- • . . , {o cular ands which he Should presently, re- self to . be influenced by' them. Engaged- ai.tit:.'. was, to which the Exeedititoi. would, bi-.: , auhject, • lie; fought. The -news of . that battle arrived only th e • Late, • es_ it was proloa.ble,thOt.he..should,not have ' been in moving -away the - collateral points wnichobstritht- ; did so iii , the Coutemplation,, of ciatennstances i day - before the sa il ing the Expedition. Though o abled to l a y o n timetable of th e House any written :.ed theo . .-ceesslo the Main argotriennt, he wonld take ' whelly itiapplicahle. In the pasiage to which lie al- - l the.esewes enotigh of Britishinterests and collat era l • s r e t illitary opi n i ons on the sobjed. In faa lie could the opportsinity of . entering. an eeveat . against : Ludt d Colonel Gordon _declared, that. he consideredi induternents still to make t the boon duty o f and* s i l . °t adMit th e . ,pritiCiple that under such cirentua. toe do-. ine that had been inculcated in' tins discus- eats attack by troops in launches as highly dangerous ; 1 Gevernment to send. out the a, element, yet certaii i . • !..tanOes it was obligatory on Government to produce ; pion. , He. denied t h at. it was the bounden duty of '' petit* eohld be mbre trite; it was even _physically ~ ly th e question - of diversion -had undergon e so me - - - , - -. . • - Itary opinions in Wilting. In the course of his rni- i . 9overnmeni te abstain . from s ending out an expe- impracileable.from the nature of the defences; but change. He had been called On - to prove that the , liter' • - Y° admmisiration. there had been many cases in dition, not only unless th e obj ec t of : it were de- then such a mode of attack Was not Contemplated. -Britisti Expedition hachoccaoitened the returner L'n v . vhi , • th it would have been ; utterlylineoleTble for him dared eao.ly practicable by military men, hut also Sit William Erskine, in hiS opinion, " did not esti- I regiments from • the Danube to . Antwerp-- { his ,°,, as to i ~ I .ve dune. Bo o; military men always made a 'dis- , unleSs the precise nature of the required opera- mate ' ,tire risk of landing so highly as the subse- 1 . . not necessary. ' A force might have been retai ee d at thea t - , ion oetwe en thos e military opinions which they tions could .he distinctly enticiptited, -and the -dea quent risk. General .. Elope stated,. that if the. l . Antwerp in consequence of tire Expeniiio n whi c h gave ill t r " ~ - ' ...._, o wee in riting,,andrthose in which they tails of. the resistance th•lt was to be expeCfed rill - expedition arrived earl in August, the troops I :would of have quitted itS'at a time when the l e il uolged in conversation or discussion. This vessels, netelyeescerlained. ilad the • Hon. Gantleman might pace advanced: to Antwerp, and thence corn ; contest on the. Danube . - . was' not determined, and ; 1 ( 1 )' stated in th e evidence of Lord Chalhani. Lord .apposite any titiouter knowledge of the state of the Meneed operai,ions. Snell was also - the opinion of i when the hi"rench did riot koow but that :he wh o l e Chatham said that his opinion had tiever!bee,n arsenal of Constantinople - when he sent his Expe- General Btoavtirieg, hnd that of COI. Gordon. • The 1 North of .Europestvotild rise against them. • t he s • g ive n formally in writing. 'Why ? Because hid IVIa 7 , Aitiop to the Dardanelles ? He had. not the least }louse would see thereforethat so far were, the elit e I were asked why the EXpeditioh were not sent th!... J es ty's • Goyerninent had had the advantage ot . obtain r ; disposition to entreatthe forbearance of the.'oppo- Meros of theae opioioas fioat being adverse. to 'the 1• !her, lie woad anStVer thatit Was i Al' I mpra., 'cab e, .. in* }its • . . * opinion in a better mode. It a ovetto- she side of the House, because their,practice when policy mad 'practiCabihty of the expedition, to they It Would - .have -beew necessary to have creEed an Mont wish 1 e; to pioted themselves by military in Governonent.was similar to that of his. His ne- gaffe it great counteoance. TWo of otiose Opinions ! army among the lull, that army would ( )pink ins against th e responsibilitrof any measure stet understood. that it had been the .practice, at the supported that particular operation, a cttp-de-inciin, ; lio , .v.:ver require the-aid oldie British. 'By renia lt i. %Yhieh t i ~!_(„ They wete about, to endortake, then assur- best times, to restrict Government to th ose military in which ' lit HoneuraOle Getlemen Opposite had : ine there in• winter .-the British 'll-rrty would h ave .1 ,they would not. move a step, • without for- Operations 'pnly, the nature; of which was pre,. so' entrenched theteSelves; . b rit - the Meaning of been coMpletely.committed, and by con:leg - a way i t T h al . , Written opinions ; but .if withopt desiring to cisely known, and the . result of which could oast which, iO tile I irger seises. in Whieh heailid,:ibt.o4l4l , W ' 6'.l)ll irive disgraced it and wodld have inj ure d, , u ,Y .: °'d responsibility they wished only to obtaintoili- . be distinctly foreseen. He would' 13).1 leave to if, ''lie Wotild'ekplAin tici..tre lie sat down. Govei o n ' tht,seswhom it was sent to assist., -Host,ever. cheap 1-ty tntormation, there was no‘mode less likely to read a short passage .. fro m th e instrec tion s given meot•,eaele, beend• th ey ' °loam all th e information on . the . opposite side of the House might hold the Ex detr.o . s 1 it than by wri t en opiniods, nor any 'mode by William, Earl of Chatham, to Sir J. Mordaunt, the the sulTiet WhiCh,.t 'could procure; and, noon a,' pedition, the Fr Goverernent aid poi . `clo s o , f or ~.'",..r e sllkely to atford it th a n those c,nversations in Conimander of the Eapeon sent to. Rochefort, , Lriew of that . information, they were bound to they ordered the 'evacuation of the - four princip a l ""`"'"h m: itary men, divested of responsibility, - which Expedition failed. 'lle Pain iment.of that ! emus to a decision. rlf the . House would allow him forts in• the Prussian dotninions 'in order t o avail Vould .SC; . ..iltlic.• gtutindi on w ir:ch their oentiments day; instead of l'eptikii:iing Lord Chatham . f o r 0,6 to. explain - fully the 'grounds oil which ttiey had . themselves of:that force against is. But in tad th were - fish del. When a milieory case was put on complete failure of the Expedition, beser,Oed 4- .'. h=en Induced to ticlopt The trine under considera. ', . tti 1d ' f- ' d diversion e 1 ency o the operation to -pro uce a Paper • • . •, it ttll stripped of all .probabilities and . con• -plauseand adniiratiun oa Mtn for thri, effeit. Wei tion,- i ste nais peroindad, with all due deference and i 1" was too obvious to r eq ui re f arther comment. >ie • . . . . , ) obje6. ledical h sib the as the revea XCLISe R such xl had ; : 3r the y frirhy . .Were :good Had that it tte. of ) been stance. shin& innorf, ne the- ,e ad out of BUCh Cotila ►us sa-. 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